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Apr

Developing Confidence: Being brave even when you don’t feel it

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“BE BRAVE. Even if you’re not, pretend to be.”   I love today’s quote about being brave. I originally saw it under the image of a goldfish swimming with a shark fin attached to its back (didn’t include it here to avoid copyright issues). Imagine, a little fish in a big pond faking people out …

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Apr

Does a job gap on your resume hurt you?

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Does a job gap on your resume hurt you?   I received another question recently that is probably on the minds of many, given the prolonged nature of the downturn in the oil and gas industry. Here it is: “I’m worried at this point that the gap on my resume from when I was laid …

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You Know You’re an Engineer If…

You tell jokes that are met with stares unless the audience has had classes in multivariate calculus and particle physics

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Anything by Sean Stephenson is great! He always reminds me that I have no excuses. Here is one example.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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